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Amor's five goals lead Tanners to first victory

Captain Colby Amor and the rest of the Peabody girls hockey team didn't just want Saturday night's game against Gloucester for themselves. More importantly, they wanted it for fallen teammate Courtney Corning, who was honored in a pregame ceremony commemorating the one year anniversary of her death. With Corning's No. 4 jersey hanging behind the Tanner bench, Amor notched five goals | including the game winner on a breakaway with just 15 seconds left in regulation | to will Peabody to an emotional 6-4 triumph.

"It had a special meaning," said Tanner coach Larry Minehan. "The ref gave us the puck and we gave it to Colby. She said it would go on (Courtney's) headstone and the team went and laid it there Sunday morning."

Gloucester jumped out to a 2-1 lead and was ahead 4-2 late in the third period. Amor tied the game with 3:03 to play before notching the winner. That was followed by an insurance goal off the stick of Shannon Silvia and the elated Tanners (1-7) had their first victory of the season.

"They just were not going to quit," said Minehan. "They were so excited | just off the walls."

Tanner netminder Brittany Costa stopped 20 shots in recording her first varsity win. Minehan credited the team's discipline, as the Fishermen took 10 penalties compared to five for Peabody.

"It was a physical game," he said. "I told the girls at practice (Sunday morning): 'Don't let anybody tell you girls hockey isn't a contact sport.' There was a lot of banging and hitting in this one."